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Francis Peyton Rous 1879-1970 American pathologist who discovered that a virus could induce tumors and be mechanically transmitted among chickens. Initially derided, then belatedly honored with the No... Read more
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Francis Peyton Rous 1879-1970 American pathologist and oncologist who discovered cancer-causing viruses in chicken. In 1909, while working as a scientist at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Resea... Read more